Sweet potatoes — Residuals by country
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...
What the numbers show
Sweet potatoes — Residuals is currently reported for 21 countries. The highest value is 0 1000 t in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is -79 1000 t in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 1000 t, and the mean is -6 1000 t.
Sweet potatoes — Residuals: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Türkiye | 0 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Caribbean | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Zambia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Denmark | 0 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Guatemala | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Uganda | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Jamaica | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Turkey | 0 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Nicaragua | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Slovakia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Syria | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Slovenia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Melanesia | -1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Fiji | -1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 187 | South Africa | -7 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Portugal | -19 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Spain | -19 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -79 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0 1000 t
- Western Asia 0 1000 t
- Southern Asia 0 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 0 1000 t
- Northern Europe 0 1000 t
- Central America 0 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 0 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 0 1000 t
- Americas 0 1000 t
- Asia 0 1000 t
- Oceania -1 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) -1 1000 t
- Southern Africa -7 1000 t
- European Union (27) -38 1000 t
- Southern Europe -38 1000 t
- Europe -38 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) -79 1000 t
- Middle Africa -79 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) -79 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) -79 1000 t
- Africa -86 1000 t
- World -125 1000 t
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.